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  1. ER trauma 1 per diem vs. ER trauma 2 full time.

    Plus, assuming the Level II has more experienced nurses than the other shop where everybody is less than a year, you can learn more from them and therefore become better yourself. High turnaround rate...
  2. ER trauma 1 per diem vs. ER trauma 2 full time.

    Full time with bennies. You're too expendable as a PRN. Get on the wrong side of a charge, and you could be off the schedule for good, and you already bailed on the Level II, so they wouldn't take...
  3. First Job - Not A Great Facility, Take It Or No?

    TAKE IT. Sounds like fun and you will be well prepared if you decide to move on
  4. Wait. One more question. :) What are your plans for utilizing your new EMT-P
  5. Thanks. I will
  6. mtnflyr, good info, thanks for sharing. Do some people stay and get all of their experience in
  7. WGU MSN

    WGU is a very legit
  8. annoying little thing some of our docs are doing

    What's the big deal? If the orders are way off base, let the doc know and verify if he/she still wants the same
  9. It's largely about personal contact. How can one possibly stand out by doing the online application process or blindly emailing resumes? Persist with meeting people, calling people. Walk on to the...
  10. Metro or Rural ER?

    If you want to live in the country, do it. You will get plenty of ED experience with time. The metro may offer an intense learning environment, but you are definitely not handicapping yourself by...
  11. Calling all new ER grads starting Feb 2013

    Thanks for the podcast recommendation! I've downloaded it and look forward to listening/learning. Having gone to school in the rural West, everything was so far away, I always listened to medical...
  12. The BON issued my license the day after I hand delivered the completed application packet. Easy. I got LUCKY and was hired at a big hospital in downtown Albuquerque as a new grad ADN from out of...
  13. ER GN advice

    Congrats! Keep us updated on
  14. TNCC/ENPC for a new grad?

    Good on you! That's some serious training
  15. TNCC/ENPC for a new grad?

    How did you get 1,000 hours of ICU clinicals in school? That's 83, 12-hour days. Never heard of that for a
  16. Good question, I'd like to know about the clinical calls
  17. Please advise: trauma center v. non-trauma center

    So much great input here - using that, and asking more questions of both hospitals, I’ve made a decision I’m very happy with. Both hospitals are non profit; one of which is county owned. Both...
  18. Please advise: trauma center v. non-trauma center

    Thanks for the input everybody - this really helps! This hospital actually administers the EMS program in the city. EMS brings medical emergencies to the hospital, but the traumas divert to the...
  19. Please advise: trauma center v. non-trauma center

    It doesn't take trauma because the only Level I in the state is a mile down the road. This hospital that made the offer is a 500-bed, with cath lab and stroke center, but I guess the university takes...
  20. Febuary 1st WGU RN-BSN

    Good job, you are working
  21. Job of the BSN nurse

    Hi heatheryk, how did things work out for you? Did you graduate WGU? Did you get the Public Health Nurse certificate from the state? Fill me in... I'm starting WGU Oct 1.
  22. I just can't find a job.

    "Hey Mav, do you still have the number for that truck driving
  23. Haha yeah sounds terrible (insert sarcasm). Basically, many people love far north
  24. Has anybody taken the Emergency Nursing Orientation Course offered through the ENA? The link is here: http://www.mcstrategies.com/enaorientation/index.htm A Hospital I am looking at has it as a job...
  25. Here is an accelerated bridge program: Events | EMS